"Yes! A nice, new Old Oakland spot to compliment great spots like B and Tamarindo! We made reservations on Friday night for 8:00 and got there all ready to eat some new good food in the East Bay. The menu online looked wonderful so we were pretty excited.
They seated us right away and we checked out the decor. The space is beautiful and we loved the chandeliers and the bar area. The art is huge and bright and cool, especially the piece by the bathrooms. They were playing generic house music a little loud, but there was also a band setup.
We sat for twenty minutes. No menus, water, drink orders. Nothing. Finally our waiter came over and we ordered some cocktails and checked out the menu and put in an appetizer order.
Then the band went on and played a spirited set of 90's soft rock that reminded all of us of a band that would be playing the Peach Pit After Dark and totally failed to match both the previous music and the space. At least it wasn't too loud, but every song and sounded like a Radiohead song just couldn't get going.
We waited 25 minutes for our drinks. When they came they also brought out our appetizer and my coconut miso soup with lobster dumplings. It was the wrong appetizer so my friend had to get up grab a waiter to get the right one since we hadn't seen our waiter since ordering. The soup was OK, I liked the dumplings better than the broth but thought the whole thing was a bit sweet. We opened a bottle of wine and started talking.
And talk we did. We talked for AN HOUR and our food never came. No waiter stopped by to let us know things were coming soon, nothing. Finally we ask the hostess if she could check on our food for us and she says "I wish you would have asked me earlier!" Seems our waiter forgot to put our order through to the kitchen. Oops!
We had already finished our wine and convinced the waiter to bring us another bottle on the house (they offered nothing when they realized their terrible mistake). Our food still took another 20 - 30 minutes to arrive, and, wouldn't you know it, they were now out of the only item on the menu my friend was excited about! Frustrated she just stuck with her shaved brussel sprout side dish.
The baby back ribs on a plate of smokey plantains were great and I loved the presentation. The meat was cooked *perfectly* and I enjoyed every bite.
The bill took forever to come. When we looked at it we realized they had charged us for an entire bottle of Prosecco, not just the glass I had ordered. We had to flag down the hostess to get the bill changed and when she came back she stood next to the table to collect our payment because "she didn't want us to have to wait any longer." The waiter stopped by again to offer his apologies and we finally got out of there.
So, we show up on time with reservations and our dinner lasted over two and a half hours. They forgot about us repeatedly, then forgot to put our order into the kitchen, then miffed the bill.
Too bad the food was great, I still won't go back.

i like food. a lot. i'd rather eat ramen 6 days a week to go to one good restaurant on the 7th. on this list i'll only list each place once, but will move things around and update as more vists are accrued. tasty.